• On Borgetti: Dynamo COO Chris Canetti said the team is not looking for a designated player at this time. Yes, the company line, but in his own words:

“This is news to us because it is not a fact.”

Yes, Borgetti would be a designated player, so if you go by Canetti’s assertion, forget about El Zorro.

And that’s too bad, because the Dynamo could use a player like Borgetti, Mexico’s all-time leading scorer, right about now. Even at six weeks removed from his 35th birthday, he would have an impact. If only he would work for under $200K.

Yeah, because I wouldn’t sign a 35-year-old DP, even if Cuauhtemoc Blanco has proved me wrong.

That leads me to:

• On Jaqua: Canetti labeled as “serious” the talks the team and Jaqua’s agent have had regarding the forward’s possible return to MLS.

Jaqua, who left the team in December for a move to the Austrian Bundesliga, is weighing his options, which should include at least a couple in the Old World after a successful half season with Cashpoint

His desire to return to the Dynamo and MLS seems lukewarm.

As for Joseph Ngwenya, with whom the team and coaching staff have remained in contact, chances of having him return to MLS remain slim. Canetti said Ngwenya hasn’t showed him any sign of wanting to come back.

Ngwenya, who also moved to Austria, could make a decision over the next few weeks now that he is through with World Cup qualifying action with Zimbabwe.

After playing just 58 minutes in half a season for a team that finished near the bottom of the standings, Ngwenya’s prospects can’t be promising in Europe. However, he has said he feels he has something to prove.

• On the stadium: Oliver Luck is out of town, but he has recently expressed optimism about the state of negotiations with the city of Houston for a venue just east of U.S. 59 and Minute Maid Park.

True, Luck is an eternal optimist, but after 1 ½ years of wheeling and dealing, something may be close to happening.

I need to make more calls, and I ran out of sunlight on Monday. So you should expect another update regarding the subject later today or early Wednesday.

Thoughts? Comments?

Your call: Say you decide the Dynamo must get a DP and AEG gives you the OK, but you need to free up $250K under the salary cap to sign that big-time forward (remember that $400K of his salary counts against the cap).

Whom do you do away with? Do you look to a couple forwards for cap space? How about the left side of the midfield, where depth looks extremely good? How about the back line?